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Νειλόξενον ‘ἐγώ τοι’ εἶπεν ‘ὦ ἄνδρες ἐπαινῶ καὶ πόλεις καὶ ἄρχοντας, ὅσοι ξένοις πρῶτον εἶτα πολίταις χρηματίζουσι: καὶ νῦν δοκεῖ μοι τοὺς μὲν ἡμετέρους λόγους οἷον ἐπιχωρίους καὶ συνήθεις βραχὺν χρόνον ἐπισχεῖν, πρόσοδον δ᾽ ὥσπερ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ δοῦναι τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις ἐκείνοις καὶ βασιλικοῖς, οὓς ὁ βέλτιστος ἥκει κομίζων Νειλόξενος Βίαντι, Βίας δὲ βούλεται κοινῇ σκέψασθαι μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν’ 1 Καὶ ὁ Βίας ‘ ποῦ γὰρ ἢ μετὰ τίνων’ ἔφη ‘ προθυμότερον ἄν τις ἀποκινδυνεύσειεν, εἰ δεῖ, 2 πρὸς τοιαύτας ἀποκρίσεις, ἄλλως τε τοῦ βασιλέως κελεύσαντος ἄρξασθαι μὲν ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ, περιελθεῖν δ᾽ εἰς’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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